Running Roon on Linux

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I've been using Linux for over two decades now and genuinely have no desire to install and run Windows at home (albeit I'll admit Windows 10 fixed a lot of the crap that preceded it).  In any event, if you're a Linux user and you also happen to use Roon, here's how to get it running on Linux (thanks to another Roon user on the Roon forums):

The key is to create a unique Wine instance just for Roon.

Create a directory in ~/ (I used .wineRoon):
Code:
mkdir /home/x/.wineRoon

Create the Wine instance:
Code:
env WINEPREFIX=/home/x/.wineRoon WINEARCH=win32 wine wineboot

Set the Window version to Win7:
Code:
env WINEPREFIX=/home/x/.wineRoon winecfg

Install .Net 4.5:
Code:
env WINEPREFIX=/home/x/.wineRoon winetricks dotnet45

Install Roon (previously downloaded)
Code:
env WINEPREFIX=/home/x/.wineRoon wine ~/Downloads/RoonInstaller.exe

To run it use the following (with the correct path to your username (mine is x)

Code:
env WINEPREFIX=/home/x/.wineRoon/ wine /home/x/.wineRoon/drive_c/users/x/Local\ Settings/Application\ Data/Roon/Application/Roon.exe
 
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